Observed arrival · 2026-10-18
Inkguard: clinical de-identification with a review trail
Inkguard is planned free, open-source software for removing patient identifiers from clinical documents on a user's computer, with human review and an evidence report.
- For
- Doctors and research teams handling clinical documents
- Worth noticing
- The described release workflow calls for two independent reviewers and the responsible clinician to sign off on files.
Field notes
The page outlines a local-processing approach and says the software's own code makes no network connections. Its proposed review process holds uncertain cases for human judgment, then requires two independent reviewers and the responsible clinician to sign off before release. Inkguard also says it is not yet validated on real clinical records; its source code, measured results, documentation, and public preview are still in preparation.
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